Yuanbaoshan in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Yuanbaoshan in context

33.544.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.544.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
YuanbaoshanNei Mongol (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Yuanbaoshan plotted against Nei Mongol and China. The SNDi of new construction in Yuanbaoshan peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Nei Mongol which peaked in 1976-1990 and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Yuanbaoshan's incremental SNDi fell from 3.84 to 3.48 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Yuanbaoshan ranked 26th out of 43 cities in Nei Mongol and 1196th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.48
Rank in China
1143rd of 1843
Rank in Nei Mongol
27th of 43

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.22
Rank in China
1196th of 1843
Rank in Nei Mongol
26th of 43

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
YuanbaoshanSalonBimbilla

In new street additions, Yuanbaoshan built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Salon fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Bimbilla built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Yuanbaoshan became progressively more disconnected, while Salon grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Bimbilla became progressively more connected. Yuanbaoshan and Salon have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.